diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
index 3db31cc10719260ebb49bc9af0aec4adf980bf30..737f4ad87165053536600d6e1e0e6bd48f25e96d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ktls_tx.c
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ tx_sync_info_get(struct mlx5e_ktls_offload_context_tx *priv_tx,
 	while (remaining > 0) {
 		skb_frag_t *frag = &record->frags[i];
 
+		/* Keep the ref on this page itself rather than the folio head
+		 * (get_page) to match the page_ref_add()/page_ref_dec() used by
+		 * the DUMP WQE and its completion path; required for large folios.
+		 */
 		page_ref_inc(skb_frag_page(frag));
 		remaining -= skb_frag_size(frag);
 		info->frags[i++] = *frag;